Ecuadorean Animal Sculptures

A striking vintage brass bird sculpture designed by renowned Ecuadorian artist Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919–1999) and produced by Taller Guayasamín, the artist’s studio workshop. This sc...

A striking example of mid-century Latin American design, this sculptural brass bird by Ecuadorian artist Joaquin Tinta embodies both stylization and symb...

Fantastic solid brass rooster sculpture by Ecuadorian artist Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919-1999). This piece has multiple attachments that make a lovely dinging noise similar to a wind ch...

Pair of birds with some denting, and heavy patinations, normal tarnishing to dark tarnishing and black staining. Joaquin Humberto Tinta Figueroa (1934- ) The original taller was ...

Spanish name: Colibrí de Rama, Translation: Branch Hummingbird Handmade polished brass hummingbird with abstract embossed and engraved detail. This unique design can be displayed as...

Spanish name: Colibrí Pre Colombiano, Translation: Pre Columbian Hummingbird Collection of 3 handmade polished brass hummingbirds with abstract wing design. The design was inspired ...

Spanish name: Ave Dragón, Translation: Dragon Bird Pair of handmade polished brass dragon birds with abstract embossed and engraved details. Each sculpture is uniquely engraved with designs to compliment its elegant modern form. Encrusted gemstone turquoise eyes. Stamped with makers mark, Taller...

Mid-Century Ecuadorian Silvered Figural Bird Vessel by Taller Tinta A finely handcrafted Mid-Century Modern figural bird vessel by Taller Tinta, Ecuador, celebrated for its sculptura...

Beautiful pair of South American metal art. The lighter one has impressed marks on bottom, Tinta Taller Ecuador. The duller more copper shaded one has no markings.    

Oswaldo Guayasamín (July 6, 1919 – March 10, 1999) was an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor of Kichwa and Mestizo heritage. Biography Early life Guayasamín was born in Quito, Ecuador,to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Kichwa descent. His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter for most of his life. Oswaldo Guayasamín later worked as a taxi and truck driver. He was the eldest of ten children in his family. When he was young, he enjoyed drawing caricatures of his teachers and the children that he played with. He showed an early love for art. He created a Pan-American art of human and social inequalities which achieved international recognition. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Quito as a painter and sculptor. He also studied architecture there. He held his first exhibition when he was 23, in 1942. While he was attending college, his best friend died during a demonstration in Quito. This incident would later inspire one of his paintings, Los Niños Muertos (The Dead Children). This event also helped him to form his vision about the people and the society that he lived in. Career Guayasamín started painting from the time he was six years old. He loved to draw from that age. Starting from watercolors and transforming all the way through to his signature humanity pieces, his art career had many highlights. Although tragedy molded Guayasamín's work, it was his friend's death that inspired him to paint powerful symbols of truth in society and injustices around him. While his interest was seldom with his school work, he began selling his art before the time that he could even read. After his attendance at the School of Fine Arts in Quito, his career took off. La Galería Caspicara, an art gallery opened by Eduardo Kingman...